Comments on: On Name and Shame http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/22/on-name-and-shame/ Asi Sharabi's Private Selections Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:46:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jonny http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/22/on-name-and-shame/#comment-19572 jonny Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:23:17 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/on-name-and-shame/#comment-19572 hey Asi, funny info! I think my grandma was born in Sharab, but she is not sure and now gets easily confused! Do you know if it's near Sana`a? hey Asi, funny info!

I think my grandma was born in Sharab, but she is not sure and now gets easily confused! Do you know if it’s near Sana`a?

]]> By: dufen http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/22/on-name-and-shame/#comment-10123 dufen Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:53:41 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/on-name-and-shame/#comment-10123 :) :)

]]> By: Sam http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/22/on-name-and-shame/#comment-10095 Sam Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:57:42 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/on-name-and-shame/#comment-10095 No problem dude! No problem dude!

]]> By: asi http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/22/on-name-and-shame/#comment-10090 asi Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:41:31 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/on-name-and-shame/#comment-10090 wow Sam, thats brilliant. thanks a lot! A. wow Sam, thats brilliant.

thanks a lot!

A.

]]> By: Sam http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/22/on-name-and-shame/#comment-10073 Sam Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:23:46 +0000 http://no-mans-blog.com/2007/10/on-name-and-shame/#comment-10073 Random historical fact time: People of South Asian origin who laugh at your last name should probably be told that Sharab entered their lexicon when Urdu (the language of Pakistan) came about. Urdu was a language that was born out of the garrison town culture in the 16th century. Urdu itself is loosely translated as 'foreigner' in Turkish and is an amalgamation of Persian, Turkish and Arabic - the three main languages of the majority of Muslim soldiers who lived in the garrison outposts of the Islamic world at that time. Their interaction with the people of India is what began the genesis of the language. Sharab in Arabic comes from the root sharb (to drink/one who drinks/a sweet liquid) which is the forefather of the English word sherbet. At some point in the journey it began to be taken as intoxicatingly sweet and subsequently just intoxicating, hence the use of it now in the subcontinent. And the reason for checkout staff giggling wildly. I know I probably didn't need to write all of that, but once I started, I had to finish. I hope after all that I'm at least semi-right. :) Random historical fact time: People of South Asian origin who laugh at your last name should probably be told that Sharab entered their lexicon when Urdu (the language of Pakistan) came about. Urdu was a language that was born out of the garrison town culture in the 16th century.

Urdu itself is loosely translated as ‘foreigner’ in Turkish and is an amalgamation of Persian, Turkish and Arabic - the three main languages of the majority of Muslim soldiers who lived in the garrison outposts of the Islamic world at that time. Their interaction with the people of India is what began the genesis of the language.

Sharab in Arabic comes from the root sharb (to drink/one who drinks/a sweet liquid) which is the forefather of the English word sherbet. At some point in the journey it began to be taken as intoxicatingly sweet and subsequently just intoxicating, hence the use of it now in the subcontinent. And the reason for checkout staff giggling wildly.

I know I probably didn’t need to write all of that, but once I started, I had to finish. I hope after all that I’m at least semi-right. :)

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